The end credits have finally begun to roll on the Weinstein Company, the Hollywood studio wrecked by a scandal that led to a worldwide reckoning on sexual misconduct.

The company has filed for bankruptcy after struggling to stay afloat for five months following the firing of its disgraced co-founder Harvey Weinstein, who has been accused by more than 80 women of abuses ranging from sexual harassment to rape and dating back decades.

In the process employees and alleged victims of Mr Weinstein have been released from the non-disclosure agreements that he wielded as “a secret weapon” to enforce their silence, the studio said.

The New York attorney-general, who is investigating wrongdoing at the Oscar-winning company, had pressed for the move.

Eric Schneiderman praised the company’s…

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